Cuckoo-Bread vs European Mole

Oxalis acetosella compared with Talpa europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	European Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Oxalis	Talpa
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Talpa europaea

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

European Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	European Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

European Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden